“Do you see that girl over there?” the mother pointed to the young lady standing on the platform. Her once smooth, silky black hair had lost its luster. The mother would’ve been envious of the girl’s pale and unblemished skin, yet now it was a sickly yellow. But even more so, the mother would have been envious of the splendid silks that hung over her bodice. Such luxuries were beyond the proletariat’s wildest dreams.

Bang Minah gets frustrated when her boyfriend disagrees to go with her to Japan. She leaves and finds herself alone in the streets of Tokyo and then meets a guy named Lee Taemin, who is purely handsome and mature, unlike her boyfriend. They undergo a series of drama when Minah goes back to Seoul and forgets all her memory about Taemin.